Anyone else spend a lot of time deworming?

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Anyone else spend a lot of time deworming?

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Just curious.

A lot of big companies got hammered with the latest worm that uses the vulnerability patched by MS05-039.

I did a 32 hour shift patching systems and deworming them.
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I use older and more stable versions of Windows - 2000 at the moment - have a firewall, disallow IE and the NT core any access to the internet, have AVG update and scan every night whilst I sleep and use Firefox and Thunderbird for internet stuff.

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Edit: I hear Windows Vista is going to have the ability to circumvent firewalls and spyware scanners, which means that viruses and spyware will probably also take advantage of the same feature. Sounds like another farce in the making if you ask me. I'm seriously considering a Mac Mini and a switch box so I can flip between it and my PC (which I would then only use for games).

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Nope, only ever got one once when I turned off the XP firewall :-?
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I use Linux. No worm has affected me at all.

And the computers at work seem to be alright. But Its early. I'm sure some idiot is bound to mess up all our computers again soon.
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My dad and mum both work at Pfizer, and they got hammered.
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well I'm popping by the vets today if that counts.
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I was thinking dogs too. Gotta get my computer geek head screwed on before I go on the internet, must remember...
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What's a "worm?" For some reason my computer never seems to get any of those. :wink:
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Windows won't let me update for some reason.
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It's like a little program that opens backdoors to your computer or just generally screws with you.
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pylon wrote:It's like a little program that opens backdoors to your computer or just generally screws with you.
Cortland was making a joke, cortland uses a mac.
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Haven't had any worms for a while...just fucking spyware.
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I'm a mac whore. The only worms I have are in my fridge, floating in a baskin robins cup.
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OOO, a MAC user are YOU?

...not like I care. The joke just was lost on me, I guess.
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legostargalactica wrote:Windows won't let me update for some reason.
I have a patch that will work on your system.
Pylon wrote: OOO, a MAC user are YOU?

...not like I care. The joke just was lost on me, I guess.
That's because you're a n00b, as evidenced by your rude scarcasm of Cortland, a beloved (at least by cute, fuzzy bunnies) member of our forums.
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pylon wrote:OOO, a MAC user are YOU?

...not like I care. The joke just was lost on me, I guess.
Speak no Ill of the great cortland for he is awesome and powerful... in another forum...
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My company was unaffected too. Thank goodness! I had so much work to do this week, it would have been sucky to have to deal with that.
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i had no firewall or anti virus system for over 6 months until yesterday, when i dled a few programs and scanned myself. i'm clean.

however, my last computer was devoured by a worm. oh yes it was. :(
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This comp had adware through the roof until last week (when I got to it =p). No worms, though. Lucky grandparents, I guess.
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